Principal Scrum Master

About the position

Navitaire, an Amadeus company, is a proven innovator in the travel industry, shaping the way the world thinks about travel. With more than 50 customers worldwide, including many of the world's most successful hybrid and low-cost airlines, Navitaire offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the world of travel. The Principal Scrum Master will accelerate the flow of value delivery at Agile team level, through embracing and promoting the Lean-Agile values and principles. Facilitates the team and train ceremonies and is the guardian of the Scrum/Kanban/SAFe train artifacts; communicates with stakeholders, escalates impediments, helps manage risks, and strives to improve this all in a robust way, restlessly. This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in our Salt Lake City or Minneapolis office 2-3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Establish and facilitate Agile team practices (Events, agile estimation, artifacts, demonstrating the value, continuous improvement, built-in quality)
• Coach teams and individuals to optimize their flow of value and improve predictability and time to market.
• Coach team members in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets in a scaled Agile environment
• Drive key agile performance metrics to measure team, organizational performance and identify areas for growth and improvement.
• Identify and implement techniques to improve team effectiveness utilizing an empirical approach and support the team in decision-making
• Summarize Team goals and publishes them for visibility and transparency
• Foster an environment of mutual influence, team identity, commitment towards shared vision
• Collaborate and coach Product Owners and other stakeholders and help create and maintain a value-focused team backlog
• Collaborate with Product Management and portfolio leads to create long-term delivery plans and forecasts
• Collaborate with Agile coaches and contribute to org-level Agile transformation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field; Master's degree is a plus.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with software development methodologies and agile development
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum master or Coach for multiple Agile teams
• Experienced in working within a scaled-agile environment with distributed teams managing cross-functional teams
• Certifications including or equivalent to SAFe RTE, SPC a plus, Scrum.org, PSM II, PMI-ACP.
• Proficient with tools such as Azure Dev Ops (ADO) or Jira
• Experience querying data and building reports using PowerBI
• Knowledge of modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, SRE and cloud computing.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles
• Excellent communication skills, capable of interacting effectively with a diverse range of audiences.

Benefits

• A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
• A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
• Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
• A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.
• A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive remuneration packages, covering all essential components of a competitive reward offer, including salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.
• A flexible working model - We want our employees to do their best work, wherever and however it works best for them.
• A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.
• A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.